A FEDERAL High Court in Abuja, has struck out one of the charges brought against Charles Okah, the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole said he dismissed the treason charge because evidence cited in court did not prove that then President Goodluck Jonathan, who was at the Eagle Square, and the target of the blast, was intimidated by the attack. He said the evidence failed to prove that Jonathan was sneaked out of the eagle square, venue of the 50th anniversary celebration of Nigeria’s independence.

Kolawole said the evidence did not prove a case of treason as contained in count one of the charge. He also said the evidence cited by the prosecution failed to prove that governors who attended the meeting on March 15, 2010, in Warri, Delta State, where another blast occurred, were also intimidated.

He, however, dismissed a no-case submission filed by Okah and other defendants. – Vanguard
– June 1, 2017 @ 2:11 GMT |